TraVerse SciFi RPG

Into the Stars

It is the year 2385. Humanity has expanded across the known universe and now inhabits thousands of worlds across hundreds of solar systems. 

Our road to get here has been long—fraught with trials, challenges, and tragedies that have tested our resolve and brought us to the very brink of annihilation. Yet through this, we have endured.

We are still here. Among the stars.

RPG of the Future

Set four centuries in humanity's future, TraVerse allows you and your crewmates to travel the galaxy, exploring the untamed wilderness of alien planets, engaging in tense gunfights on the streets of futuristic megacities, surviving the lawless wastes of the galactic rim, delving into the silent wrecks of derelict starships, and more.

As a Player, TraVerse provides a deep pool of options to fully realize those amazing sci-fi characters you’ve always imagined playing someday.

As a Game Master, TraVerse supports you with a full set of tools to craft futuristic adventures and epic combat encounters, backed by a fully-featured ruleset that lets you focus on the fun parts of being a GM.

New, Yet Familiar

TraVerse offers a gateway for your D&D or Pathfinder group to get into science fiction adventuring, giving you a way to run futuristic starfaring campaigns through a familiar, yet completely new gameplay experience.

If you are a fan of Traveller, Stars Without Number, Esper Genesis, or more rules light scifi games, TraVerse offers the more crunchy scifi option - delivering deeper character creation, more tactical combat, and greater enemy variety to scratch that itch for character optimization and combat encounter building.

If you are a fan of Star Wars, Starfinder, and other science-fantasy genre games, TraVerse offers a more realistic, grounded, and "grown up" take on science fiction, without sacrificing the fun and adventure that comes with heroic class fantasy.

In-Depth Characters

From first level, your TraVerse character is a fully-realized adventurer with a class identity, unique skillset, and established background - ready to face whatever the galaxy throws at them.

TraVerse features 9 in-depth sci-fi races and 9 unique classes, plus over 50 diverse backgrounds that define the life of your character before they became an adventurer.

This system allows you to create most sci-fi characters you can imagine, fully realizing them with mechanics that actually back up the player fantasy you had in mind.

Putting the "G" in TRPG

Cover Matters. Positioning Matters. Player Skill Matters.

When weapons are drawn, TraVerse’s combat engine shines.

With its shifting initiative order each turn, lethal weapons, and impactful character abilities, the combat in TraVerse rewards planning, teamwork, and improvisation. 

If you love tactical combat and character builds, TraVerse has you covered.

If you you have played tactical squad video games such as X-Com, Rogue Trader, or Phoenix Point, the combat in TraVerse will feel very familiar - only on the tabletop, playing alongside your friends. 

Who We Are

Verisaria Studios is based out of Edmonton, Alberta. We are primarily friends and gaming colleagues, many of us having played tabletop RPGs for decades. Some of us work in the games industry, while others come from more traditional careers. 

We are united in our love for RPGs and the development of this game.

TraVerse is a love letter to science fiction, and it exists because nobody made the game we wanted to play. 

We are excited to share it with you.

The Roadmap

Throughout its over 8 year development cycle, this game has grown in scope, quality, and player community in a way we never imagined when we started.

TraVerse is currently in the last phase of its Public Beta test, focusing on artwork, polish, balance, and supporting materials. In its current state, TraVerse delivers a complete, fully fleshed out, and thoroughly-tested gaming experience.

The purpose of publication on Itch.io is to expand the playtest community and involve the input  of more people in this last phase of development.

Once the public beta is finished, TraVerse  will go to crowdfunding for a physical print run.

Post-release, we will continue to support Itch.io as a primary way to purchase the game, updating your downloadable rulebooks with the release versions whenever  available, along with any related resources.

A Note on AI Placeholders

The TraVerse rulebooks are in the final stages of development, and utilize a combination of human and AI-generated artwork, with the vast majority being handcrafted by artists. A few remaining AI placeholder assets still serve to block out typesetting/layout, add visual interest for playtesters, and serving as a reference for our artists as they work on the final versions. 

We treat AI as a development tool, and believe it can never replace the work of human artists with their unique perspective, intentionality, and soul. Our focus is on supporting the work of human artists - both in-house and contract - to portray our game's setting, creatures, technology, and characters.

With each new version of the TraVerse rulebooks, more AI placeholders are replaced by fantastic art handcrafted by some truly talented artists. As devs, it is incredibly rewarding for us to see the visual style of the game we created together evolve and grow with each new artist's contribution. 

We are proud to state that supporting TraVerse means more human artists get paid.

(This is, of course, until the AI cores gain full sentience and learn how to paint - then this whole thing becomes a bit more fuzzy.)

Purchase Tiers

If you are a player or just curious to get the game into your hands, you want the base tier. This gets you the TraVerse Core Rulebook, the main book you need to get started playing the game.

If you are a GM looking to run TraVerse for your group, you likely want the advanced $25 tier, which includes access to the TraVerse Creature Codex, containing 200+ scifi creatures, all ready to play out-of-the-box to pit your players against, including aliens, synthetics, bio constructs, mechs, humans, and more. 

Additional resources including Character Sheets, the player Reference Guide, Starship Sheets, and Ability Cards are available free to download in the Demo section for anyone that needs them.

Also be sure to check out Planetfall, our first published adventure. Also available for free.

The TraVerse Changelog contains the project's development history and is updated with every major release. If you are curious to see what's new in the latest version, feel free to check it out.